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Released
The Hitcher
January 19 2007 (about 18 years ago)Rating
59
Based on
930 reviews
Never pick up strangers.
- Director: Dave Meyers
- Writers: Eric Red, Eric Bernt, Jake Wade Wall
- Genres: Crime, Horror, Thriller
- Runtime: 1 h 24 m
- Budget: $10,000,000
- Box office: $25,400,000
- Countries: United States of America, United Kingdom
- Companies: Intrepid Pictures, Platinum Dunes, Focus Features, Rogue Pictures
While driving through the New Mexico Desert during a rainy night, college students Jim Halsey and his girlfriend Grace Andrews give a ride to a hitchhiker. While in their car, the stranger proves to be a psychopath threatening the young couple with a knife, but Jim successfully throws him out of the car. This sets off a chain of events that will change all of their lives forever.